Max Ve𝓰rstappen admits his only concern from a do꧋minant victory at the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix was whether his Formula 1 tyres would go the distance.

The Red Bull driver c😼ontrolled proceedings in Sunday’s season finale at the Yas Marina Circuit, crossing the line to take his second win of the year over 15 seconds clear of the le🍎ad Mercedes of Valtteri Bottas to record just the third non-Mercedes powered victory of 2020.

Verstappen pulled clear out front and looked in control throughout, having aced 🐎a Safety Car restart to maintain his lead after seeing his early advantage eroded when Sergio Perez’s Racing Point ground to a halt on Lap 10 with engine trouble.

“It was really enjoyable,” said Verstappen. “Today we had a good start and from ဣthen on of course you look after the tyres, but the car was having a really good balance. We did basically everything rig🎶ht.”

Verstappen revealed he did have flashbacks to the Belgian Grand Prix in August - where he came “very close” to a puncture - and his tyre failure that cost him a shot of winning at the Emilia Romagna Grand Prix at Imola when he encountere💎🅷d some late-race vibrations, having completed a long stint on his set of Hards.

Asked if he had any concerns en route to ♋an imperious victory, the Ducthman replied: “Just a bit of vibration on the tyre, so I was thinking back to Spa and of course Imola. But luckily all good. The pace was still there, the tyres were still performing.”

Versta✅ppen’s team boss Christian Horner was particularly impressed by his driver’s performance, calling it “the most dominant” of his 10 w🍷ins for Red Bull.

“Max a꧒ll weekend has just been absolutely clinical, the way he's driven – whatever [Mercedes] had, he had a res🎃ponse to today,” Horner said.

“He did an unbelievable job. His qualifying lap set everything up beautifully yesterday and then he just totally controlled the raceඣ. I think it's the most dominant, or s꧒traightforward race, he's done for us.”